Sept 8th.

Been busy with work but got a few moments to work on keel. Been filling and epoxy priming.

Keel all epoxy painted and faired to a 5 out of 10.  Not perfect but good enough for me.  Keel plate has zinc spray plus 5 coats of epoxy - where do you stop?   It will outlast me.

Dragged keel out of workshop with my ancient Kubota and hung it up on my nice and shiny new scale.

190 KG. including the lifting tackle so a few kilos less but will confirm later.  My lead halves were 54 kg each and never weighed the 12mm keel plate and the mounting plate was 6 instead of 5 mm so 2 and a bit heavier.  Lots of zinc and epoxy filler and 5 coats of epoxy.  I expected it to be a bit heavy but happy with the result.  I can stop messing around with the keel now as it is all done and trial fitted and can be set aside till needed.  Looking forward to deck sides which are ready to be glued on and starting the interior.